the native american health center. native american aids project. the mayor's office right here in san francisco, neighborhood services. i would like to mention that the native american aids project, very close. the two spirits. my cousin, probably one of the first native americans to pass away with aids. from my family to you, thank you. thank you, thank you. [applause] an appropriate flag song, and a quitting song. please stand if you're able. these songs, long before the star spangled banner. this nation's national anthem. our native people. they sang these songs. it pays homage to the first of this land. our eagle staff. these flags, the national standard. our american flags. our eagle staff fought on the same battle fields. today, they stand side by side with each other. remember our veterans with these songs as well. [singing and chanting] given up one more time for the singers, dancers, veterans. leaders in our native american community as well. calling up joaquin to present the native american health center with a mayoral proclamation. >> we

office of neighborhood services, and the native american aids project. probably do not realize the impact that this event has on the native american community. but it is something we look forward to every year. these four honorees -- i have had the pleasure, the privilege of working with them on a professional level. i do not know if i have an unprofessional level, but as well as in any powwow irina, so it gives me great pride and pleasure as well toemcee -- to emcee this event. how many native americans in the san francisco bay area? let's see -- one, two -- [laughter] over 60,000. how many in oakland? 29,000. it is just really need for the san francisco bay area, northern california, california -- it is really neat to recognize native american heritage month with these four that we on this day. again, i know them well. and i can call them my friends, even though one of them is lakota. at this time, i would like to turn the microphone over to john of kqed. >> thanks, carol -- banks, ea -- thanks, earl. i'm president of kqed media. i'm glad you are all he

i am the executive director of the native american house center. we provide medical care, dental care, family child guidance, and we also have hiv testing and a medical department. one thing about our organization, we have promoted healthy living among the native population here in the bay area. we also have the community center in richmond. a large population of native americans has allowed us to extend our services. we will be building a brand new clinic in san francisco. the clinic will be located near the friendship house association of american indians. it will be one-stop shopping for the clinic. one of the things i would like to talk about, we talk about the clinic and the services they provide. we have been reforming health care to native americans. we will continue to do that and we appreciate your support as we build our new clinic for the native american population. it is my pleasure to introduce the third honoree. they are enrolled member of the great nation of montana. she is a great wife, sister, mother. the teacher and practitioner of

i know the native american heritage month, native american heritage month as part of our origin in this country, and we recognize that, and we celebrate it, and we want that heritage to continue each year to remind us of the tremendous diversity that we celebrate in our city. thank you all for coming. i want to give special recognition to the host committee of agencies that have been working with us so graciously and gratefully. the native american aid projects, thank you. friendship house association. never heard office of -- neighborhood office. east bay native american health center. the indian health center of santa clara valley are here. as i mentioned, kqed. as we celebrate tonight, we have, as i have been honored to have the authority to issue an official proclamation declaring this to be native american heritage month celebration, i would like to ask to be joined by susan jamison. please come on up. joan benet. susan is our native american help center director. joan executive director of our native americans aids project. however, our chief executive officer, friendship house. p

the last program is "gallery, the national museum of native americans." this charts the unveiling of the first smithsonian museum exclusively devoted to american indians. the grand unveiling on the national mall coincided with a six-day outdoor first american festival and native nations festival and the colorful opening day ceremony that is captured in the film began with a native nation's recession, which was the largest gathering of native people in modern history. both gallery and a journey of sacajawea will be airing on sunday, november 20. i know we want to get to our heroes, and i want to congratulate all the heroes while i am up here. thank you for being here and thank you for giving kqed an opportunity to co-sponsor the event. [applause] >> how many native americans and do we have out there, by a show of hands? how about a big round of applause for yourselves. [applause] good to see all of you. pow wow on sunday, independence high school. we better see you there, singing and dancing. a whole lot of fun. indian tacos. be ready. i am looking for mark

that very first thanksgiving was made possible thanks to the native americans and while it might have been out of an out of the ordinary feast and community gathering for the pilgrims it was just another potlatch for native americans that's because the idea of coming together the idea of community and sharing is a staple of native american culture in fact it's a staple of most older cultures everywhere in the world cultures where there are no rich there are no poor there are no prisons and there is no denial of healthcare and there is no waste unfortunately in the years since that very first thanksgiving that very same native american culture that helped early european settlers alive has been largely killed off by a genocidal war and diseases like influenza were just pushed further and further back into isolation and god for saken plots of land that we call indian reservations but that basis of potlatch cultures what are sometimes called hospitality cultures are older cultures or again o'quinn calls the lever's is still around albeit mostly in remote tribal areas its core concept is t

i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the san francisco native american health center, and kqed public broadcasting. how about a big round of applause for our host? thank you. at this time, when indian people -- when we gather, we throw on our regalia, our outfits. we do not call them costumes. if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes. it is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you are able. creator, grandfather, we give thanks this day for the many blessings for this beautiful day, this opportunity to honor our own here in san francisco city hall. we give thanks to native and non-native alike, those that are here today. when this ends, we hope that they travel safe, that they continue this relationship, creator. we remember the words spoken here by the leaders of our native american community. creator, blessings upon them. our seniors, are dancers, everyone in attendance. remember those that have passed

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power and control that the executive class has now administered on the judicial class. the judicial power, discretion, separateness now has been vastly, vastly inroaded. the kind of final comment, and i'll put it into contemporary setting, is when it is said the law is fair, it applies

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power and control that the executive class has now administered on the judicial class. the judicial power, discretion, separateness now has been vastly, vastly inroaded. the kind of final comment, and i'll put it into contemporary setting, is when it is said the law is fair, it applies to everyone equally. no one is above or below the law. the rule of frame is the street people cannot sleep under the bridge, but the chief of police and the district attorney cannot sleep under the bridge. see how fair it is? it's equal. isn't it? [applause] >> actually, we'll have the d.a. here and the chief of police. so we can ask them that question. [laughing] now, sheldon, you've written books about a fictional defense attorney. the stories that you tell really get into, i think

this has happened more poignantly within the native american and african american communities in terms of the same phenomena. well, i think trauma happens in every community. we want to make that clear. now, with regard to the native american community, you've got the common issue of historic trauma, the similar phenomenon in the african american community. and that gives us intergenerational phenomena where you've got abuse, you've got sexual abuse, etc., but the american indian and alaska native communities point to historical trauma as something that needs to be addressed. and, without addressing it, then you wind up essentially blaming the whole community for some of the consequences but, in fact, the community wants to deal with violence against women, incest, these transgenerational traumatic experiences that almost guarantee the next generation is going to have similar experiences. and it goes from one to the other to the other. i want to get back, also getting back to, you've got children, miss cain. are they in a way, have they received treatment with you in terms of working o

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co-founder of the indian people organizing for change and peace walk, and title 7 coordinator at the native american child resource center. she was born and raised in oakland, california. the mother of three children. she currently works as the title seven court nader. -- coordinator. she is assisting and directing an after-school program that includes wraparound services for native students in oakland. she is also the co-founder and a lead organizer for indian people organizing for change, a small native-run organization that works on indigenous people issues, as well as sponsoring an annual peace walk to bring about education and awareness of the desecration of the sacred sites in the greater bay area. in april of this year, corrina, wounded knee decampo, and others, put out a call to warriors to put out a vigil and occupation of vallejo, calif., a secret 15-acre site. the occupation lasted for 109 days and resulted in a cultural easement between the city of vallejo, the greater vallejo recreation district, and two federally recognized drives. this struggle was victorious and will set precedents f

as well as squash, a big part of the native american diet.s well as onions and some nuts like chestnuts and walnuts. >> some things that we enjoy, i know i love that sweet potatoes and we do maybe a little mashed potatoes. you say that would have no place for the first thanksgiving table. >> well, you know, the potatoes didn't really come to north america until probably a hundred years after that when the pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. as well as any kind of baked goods because they didn't have the capability of baking with wheat and they didn't have very much sugar with them. so nothing sweetened except with maybe molasses. >> no apple pie. >> and no apples eager. >> if we would like to inconcerta corporate some of these ideas with our table to sort of get back to our history, what would you suggest that we do? >> well, if you live by the coast, i would suggest some seafood on your table. and i also think that cranberries and making them fresh is a very easy thing to do. but squash is a fantastic food. it is good and healthy for you and t

on the plane ridge indian reservation. found in 2006, native american natural foods makes a popular talk of our, a protein bar, native also me and cranberries. we also make of the buffalo food products, mark, thanks are being here today. i must say i've enjoyed a few tonka bars over over the years. spent i'm pleased i good friend senator tester suggested mr. martin olson as a witness. mr. olson is the president of eagle bank located on the reservation in montana. eagle bank was chartered by confederated -- and it's one only of a handful of native a or controlled banks in the country. i'm delighted missed tanya fiddler, executive director of the four bands community bank, fund, in south dakota is here with us today. four bands was created in 2000 has become the leading organization on the reservation in the areas of small business training and lending and financial education. tonia, thank you for helping and your insights. mr. trent 11 -- is that right? close enough. is executive director of the native american officers association, the association works

think it is the same, whether it is with the heroes and the heroines of the asian press and the native americanpress and they must have a platform. tavis: we only have a few minutes to go. i could do this for hours. any reason, given that government is the real culprit, any reason to be helpful -- hopeful? >> absolutely. the main arc of the american press as been for the news for the few and the powerful. there has been progress. sometimes it has gone backward for a while, but generally speaking, more and more people people are getting a sense. you see a determination to change the system. >> i have said many times what we did in america is not broadcast, it is narrowcast. there is this powerful new book that is called "news for all the people." i highly recommend it to you. juan, great book. that is it from our show. as always, keep the faith. today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with mark bowden and lisa randall. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cor

somewhere down the line, all of us came here at some point, except the native americans. but yeah, i think like my mom said, just getting our voice out there, really are part of the same society, and i think our society has faced a real moral crisis where we have family values that are opposed to what our policies and laws say, and we are splitting up families. i have friends who were born here and don't speak a word of spanish and could be deported and couldn't communicate with anyone. i think putting these faces out there and showing people that immigrants are a vibrant part of civic life, that that is a really important thing for the cause. thanks. >> thank you for your comments. they are duly noted. commissioners, we are coming to close here. are there commissioners who would like to make any comments? ok. commissioner? >> first of all, i want to thank everyone who is here tonight. i want to thank the centers. but i especially want to take time to thank the people from the immigrant rights movement who are here tonight and who are not here tonight for other reasons. i

most wealth and to way they do that you know when they when they went in they murdered all the native american people when they're going over to iraq and afghanistan just a murder people for well it's you know they haven't done anything wrong and it's nothing to do with their sort of people are going to it's not there you can mask a beast that's already on mantz the net the beast no one is doing it it's calculated and that's what they always do ok and we know what your cause is a big part of the way the police are handling this the police of course they're saying protesters are disturbing public order therefore they need to be moved. do they have any much of a fair point there that's all i know it's basically it doesn't really legality and laws are hearsay they make them they break they go around and they do whatever they want to it's just based upon power it's a power dynamic if the protesters have enough people then they won't be able to be stopped and there will be everyone arrested if people are not willing to engage in strong tactics and have good strategy then they'll lose it's it just b

involved in cannibalism in the high sierras in eight hundred forty seven because they were snowed in for months and. it's probably an apocryphal tale but supposedly a native american scouting reckon a sense of mission observe them from a distance and saw this cannibalism and when they reported back to base camp and the rest of the tribe wanted to know they'd ever seen a white person for the rest tribe wanted to know you know what these gringos were about the report was just four words they each other and there could be the alternative title of this book and they ate each other could be the epitaph of the united states because basically what has been emphasized all along is one particular thread of competition and really hustling the original title of the book my publisher was going to let me use it because i figured it would sell six copies the original title was capitalism in its discontents and i was interested in the discontents i was interested in the alternative tradition the tradition that had a spiritual component like the rowan emerson and runs really from captain john smith and sixteen sixteen right through vance packard and john kenneth galbraith and lew

. >>> did the pilgrims and native americans really serve up these sides at a a celebration feast? well, there's no proof that turkey was on the first thanksgiving table in 1621. the fact it is today isn't the only unexplained tradition of thanksgiving. take football. what would the pilgrims and native americans say about this? they came together in a spirit of harmony. that's definitely not what these teams are doing. and then of course there's black friday shopping, and what does this have to do with giving thanks is still a mystery as much as the stuffing is. even if the turkey didn't win a place at the founding feast, it did win a place in the heart of our founding father ben franklin. he didn't want the bald eagles to be our national symbol, he wanted the turkey. he said the turkey was a more respectable bird, a bird with coverage. >>> a local thanksgiving tradition is going to be right here again on abc 2 this year. the turkey bowl will kick off at 9:00 a.m. on thanksgiving day. it will be live right here on abc 2, and we'll be streaming the game live to our website and your s

what would the pilgrims and native americans say about football? they came together in a spirit of harmony. that's not what the teams do. then there's shopping. severe shopping. black friday shopping. with specials earlier and closer to thanksgiving different every year. why save room for dessert when you can save money on a 3d tv and what it has to do with giving thanks is as mysteriousas stuffing. what is stuffing? for better or weirder, this is just how we celebrate thanksgiving. it's just not the same without this stuffing. and even if the turkey didn't win a place it did win a place in the heart of ben franklin who wanted the turkey tonight national pill bol. >> the turkey was a more respectable bird, a bird of courage. sometimes too much courage. >> go away. >> reporter: but just as tucky attacks are pardoned or tabled, the president pardons one lucky tucky in the tradition date being back to -- turk at this -- turkey in a tradition dating back to 1889. after all, at end of dinner, we are what we eat. >>> getting your stretchy pants ready for